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Happy Friday. It’s an especially happy Friday to some Twitter users who woke up to see a message from the company telling them their share of the revenue from ads in their replies is being deposited into their bank over the next few days. 

In Today’s Digest: 

• Back to basics with Retro.

• Stressful week? Mediate with vibrations.

• Thinking of your first hire? Could it be AI? 

Remember last year when a petition went viral calling on Instagram to walk back its more TikTok style changes and prioritize friend's posts? It got over 300k signatures, and Instagram walked back many of its updates. It looked as if people were tired of the algorithm fuelled way of doing social media.

“After all that has been built in social apps since the iPhone, we now see less of our friends on social than we did 5 years ago.” Makers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson noticed this shift and decided to act, the result was Retro. 

Friends club: Retro is like your personal photo journal, exclusively shared with your inner circle. No ads, no random posts, just pure moments with the people who matter most.

Organized memories: Each day of the week has its own dedicated box, neatly capturing your moments in a beautifully organized manner. Tap on a week, and Retro will bring up photos you took from that week for you to add to your journal. 

No more lurking: To view your friends' photos, you've got to contribute your own. No more lurking in the shadows. It's a space where everyone actively shares their unique moments. 

Levels to friendship: There are levels to this game, as they would say. You can share your photos with anyone you consider a friend, but you also get what’s called ‘keys.’ These are for those really special folks in your life, keys allow those loved ones to scroll further back in your life than others would.

Life is about memories, and if you want a new platform that prioritizes yours, try out….

• Noworry AI Psychologist helps you deal with stress and anxiety with AI. 

• Photoaster makes editing your photos quick, easy, and fun with 40+ filters.

• omscillate helps you meditate with vibration-guided exercises

• Dream Decoder helps you unlock the meaning behind your dreams with AI.

• Sweep is an AI-powered junior Dev that fixes bugs and builds feature requests.

• Mikrolo Tasks is like having an in-house marketing team for your startup.

• MakeMyWeb uses AI to create a tailored, responsive site instantly.